Helen L. Thomas | |
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Born | Helen Meriwether Lewis 1905 New York City |
Died | 1997 |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Harvard College Observatory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Helen L. Thomas (1905–1997, born Helen Meriwether Lewis) was an American astronomer and historian. During her career, she discovered the third identified recurrent nova system.[1] She was the first woman, second American, and third person to earn a Ph.D. degree in the History of Science from Harvard University.[2] Later in her career, she served as the Head of Publications at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Laboratory of Electronics.[3]